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Designing with HB-LEDs has Never Been this Simple

The New Lighting Simplicity Kit from Arrow and Freescale

Arrow Electonics has partnered with Freescale Semiconductor and Cree to premier an exclusive wireless, solid-state Lighting Simplicity Kit that removes the challenges commonly found in High Bright Light Emitting Diode (HB-LED) design. Based on technology from Freescale and Cree, and partnering with key technology leaders National Semiconductor and Digi International, this showcase reference design and demonstration platform eliminates complexity and simplifies the design process needed to upgrade your products with solid-state HB-LED technology.

Well designed HB-LED systems will outperform most traditional light source solutions. The design techniques featured in Arrow's Lighting Simplicity Kit enable HB-LEDs to outperform bulbs by implementing more intelligent design elements. These design features include thermal sensing to extend LED life and ambient light sensing to adjust light output to match ambient conditions. These techniques reduce operating costs and extend product life cycles, reducing overall cost of ownership. Along with Arrow's best-in-class technical support team and lighting experts and leading edge supply chain solutions, we will guide you through your design process and help you realize just how easy it is to take advantage of the many benefits offered by solid-state High Bright LED lighting solutions!

Two Boards. One Brilliant Solution.

The Arrow Lighting Simplicity Kit, featuring a Control Board, and a remote HB-LED board, utilizes the latest embedded technologies. This exciting new reference design and demonstration platform showcases a modular design for wireless control of solid-state lighting technology and can be easily adapted to a variety of lighting applications.

The Control Board

The 'brain' of the system, the control board processes input from touch sensors and an ambient light sensor. Commands are sent to the remote board via an IEEE 802.15.4® wireless connection. It manages the control and calculation of the HB-LED levels and changes due to user input, temperature measurements, and ambient light readings. The control board can be either battery operated or powered from an external DC power supply.

Featuring:

Freescale MC9S08QE128

8-bit microcontroller with 128 KB of embedded Flash and 8 KB SRAM

Acts as the interface between user input, via capacitive touch sensors on the board and the wireless RF module

Updates the local status LEDs according to the current mode of operation

The Remote HB-LED Board

This second board receives commands from the control board via an IEEE 802.15.4 wireless connection and adjusts the LEDs. The remote HB-LED board also takes a local temperature measurement and makes the result available to the control board. The board is powered from an external DC power supply.

And be automatically entered to win a Free Simplicity Kit

Now that you have the facts, register* today to get a live Demo of the Simplicity Kit from an Arrow Engineer. Let us show you the full capabilities of this simple solution and how it to speed you time-to-market. See for yourself how easy it can be to get wireless control, touch sensing, temperature sensing, ambient light sensing and much more.

Download the reference design with full details how you and design using this solution. Let Arrow help you from concept through production with our best-in-class technical support and leading edge supply chain including our Arrow Consulting Engineering Support (ACES) program. This program puts you in touch with pre-screened, qualified and certified third party lighting solutions and design services companies to save you time, effort and resources.